By books, I mostly mean fiction (novels), but shorter work would also be ok... I'd rather not get into non-fiction (e.g. Lauren Beukes' Maverick or China Miéville's Between Equal Rights wouldn't really work)

A few examples:

Robert Chambers' commercial stuff (anything besides The King in Yellow, basically)

David Eddings' High Hunt and The Losers [these are exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for]

By books, I mostly mean fiction (novels), but shorter work would also be ok... I'd rather not get into non-fiction (e.g. Lauren Beukes' Maverick or China Miéville's Between Equal Rights wouldn't really work)

A few examples:

Robert Chambers' commercial stuff (anything besides The King in Yellow, basically)

David Eddings' High Hunt and The Losers [these are exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for]